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Speakers YaTalks 2022

About life

In this track, we’ll talk about living and working in today’s reality. We’ll discuss professional growth, building teams, and fighting off crises. Additionally, we’ll:

  • find out how big data helps make scientific discoveries in space;
  • learn why games are helpful for professional development;
  • discuss how parenthood helps people be efficient at work;
  • and much more.
  • Speakers
  • The program committee
Pyotr Popov. Yandex Technologies, CEO
Pyotr Popov
Yandex Technologies, CEO
Anastasia Abrashitova. Yandex, Head of the Repository Ecosystem Service
Anastasia Abrashitova
Yandex, Head of the Repository Ecosystem Service
Aleksey Shagrayev. pora.ai, CTO &amp;&nbsp;Co-Founder, <br/>ex-Yandex, ex-Google
Aleksey Shagrayev
pora.ai, CTO & Co-Founder,
ex-Yandex, ex-Google
Andrey Breslav. Alter.ru, Co-Founder
Andrey Breslav
Alter.ru, Co-Founder
Galina Yuzefovich. Literary Critic, Book Author
Galina Yuzefovich
Literary Critic, Book Author
Sergey Berezhnoy. Yandex, Developer Relations Director
Sergey Berezhnoy
Yandex, Developer Relations Director
Aleksandr Lozhechkin. Raiffeisen Bank, CIO <br/>ex-AWS, ex-Microsoft
Aleksandr Lozhechkin
Raiffeisen Bank, CIO
ex-AWS, ex-Microsoft
Yevgeniy Rossinskiy. ivi, CTO
Yevgeniy Rossinskiy
ivi, CTO
Alexander Sveshnikov. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;Kinopoisk Development
Alexander Sveshnikov
Yandex, Head of Kinopoisk Development
Ivan Melnik. X5&nbsp;Tech, Business Technological Development Director
Ivan Melnik
X5 Tech, Business Technological Development Director
Viktor Koreysha. Ozon Tech, Head of&nbsp;the Message Bus Department
Viktor Koreysha
Ozon Tech, Head of the Message Bus Department
Asya Statyeva. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;Yandex&nbsp;ID
Asya Statyeva
Yandex, Head of Yandex ID
Daniil Tararukhin. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;Yandex Routing Analytics
Daniil Tararukhin
Yandex, Head of Yandex Routing Analytics
Sergey Shcherbinin. UBRD, CIO/CTO <br/>ex-Raiffeisenbank, ex-Kaspersky, ex-Shell
Sergey Shcherbinin
UBRD, CIO/CTO
ex-Raiffeisenbank, ex-Kaspersky, ex-Shell
Denis Goncharov. NOLI&nbsp;Music, Founder and CEO <br/>Metacraft Studio, Founder and CEO <br/>Journalist
Denis Goncharov
NOLI Music, Founder and CEO
Metacraft Studio, Founder and CEO
Journalist
David Roganov. Yandex Practicum, CTO
David Roganov
Yandex Practicum, CTO
Aleksandr Kucheev. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;Backend Development for Payment Solutions, Kinopoisk
Aleksandr Kucheev
Yandex, Head of Backend Development for Payment Solutions, Kinopoisk
Gleb Mikheev. Skillbox Holding, CTO
Gleb Mikheev
Skillbox Holding, CTO
Sergey Gavrilov. BEsmart, CEO; Debate Federation, Cofounder
Sergey Gavrilov
BEsmart, CEO; Debate Federation, Cofounder
Alexey Obrovets. HighLoad++ MC
Alexey Obrovets
HighLoad++ MC
Kira Kuzmenko. NEWHR Global, CEO
Kira Kuzmenko
NEWHR Global, CEO
Alexander Krainov. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;the Machine Intelligence Laboratory
Alexander Krainov
Yandex, Head of the Machine Intelligence Laboratory
Natalia Ponomareva. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;Recruitment for Search and Advertising Technologies
Natalia Ponomareva
Yandex, Head of Recruitment for Search and Advertising Technologies
Pavel Pritchin. Dodo Engineering, CTO
Pavel Pritchin
Dodo Engineering, CTO
Evgeny Kot. Wrike, Director of Development
Evgeny Kot
Wrike, Director of Development
Maria Krasnaya. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;Recruitment Group
Maria Krasnaya
Yandex, Head of Recruitment Group
Daria Zolotukhina. Yandex, HR Director
Daria Zolotukhina
Yandex, HR Director
Elena Bubnova. Yandex, CPO
Elena Bubnova
Yandex, CPO
Garik Israelian. PhD, astrophysicist at&nbsp;the Institute of&nbsp;Astrophysics of&nbsp;the Canary Islands, founder of&nbsp;Starmus Festival
Garik Israelian
PhD, astrophysicist at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands, founder of Starmus Festival
Gleb Astashkin. Yandex, Group Head
Gleb Astashkin
Yandex, Group Head
Alexey Bashkeev. Yandex Cloud, CEO
Alexey Bashkeev
Yandex Cloud, CEO
Valeriya Kurmak. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;Inclusion
Valeriya Kurmak
Yandex, Head of Inclusion
Anton Golub. QIWI, Chief Engineer
Anton Golub
QIWI, Chief Engineer
Artem Plaksin
VK, Freelance Software Testing Engineer
Anatoly Popko. Yandex, Software Testing Engineer
Anatoly Popko
Yandex, Software Testing Engineer
Pavel Popko
Sber, Software Testing Engineer
Andrey Styskin. ex-Yandex
Andrey Styskin
ex-Yandex
Pokras Lampas.
Pokras Lampas
Aleksandr Kirsanov. VK, Head of&nbsp;Department, KPHP
Aleksandr Kirsanov
VK, Head of Department, KPHP
Sergey Gordeychik. CyberOK, CEO
Sergey Gordeychik
CyberOK, CEO
Andrei Kogun. KROK, Director of&nbsp;Developers Group
Andrei Kogun
KROK, Director of Developers Group
Aslan Bayramkulov. MTS Big Data, Head of&nbsp;Experimental Group
Aslan Bayramkulov
MTS Big Data, Head of Experimental Group
Dmitry Mordvinov. Huwai, Key Academic Consultant St. Petersburg State University, Associate Professor, Lecturer
Dmitry Mordvinov
Huwai, Key Academic Consultant St. Petersburg State University, Associate Professor, Lecturer
Oleg Bondar. Yandex, CPO YDB
Oleg Bondar
Yandex, CPO YDB
Igor Sedachev. Avito, Product Unit Lead
Igor Sedachev
Avito, Product Unit Lead
Karina Bibersova-Krzhanovskaia. WhITe, СEO
Karina Bibersova-Krzhanovskaia
WhITe, СEO
Anton Stepanenko. Ozon, CTO
Anton Stepanenko
Ozon, CTO
Denis Mosin. Yandex, Director of&nbsp;Design for Alice and Smart Devices
Denis Mosin
Yandex, Director of Design for Alice and Smart Devices
Alexander Kardapolov. Real Time Intelligence LLC
Alexander Kardapolov
Real Time Intelligence LLC
Nikolai Vorontsov. N+1, Managing Editor
Nikolai Vorontsov
N+1, Managing Editor
Irina Chesnokova. Actress, Director, Creator of Bar in the Big City
Irina Chesnokova
Actress, Director, Creator of Bar in the Big City
People will appear here shortly.
About technologies

Technology isn’t the end goal; it’s a tool that helps us make the world better, safer, more convenient, and more interesting. This will become the leitmotif of our tech reports. This year, you can expect:

  • four thematic tracks: backend, frontend, mobile development, and machine learning;
  • stories about what’s hiding under the hood of products and services;
  • project breakdowns and discussions of the hottest topics.
  • Speakers
  • The program committee
Aleksey Gusakov. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;the Machine Intelligence and Research Department
Aleksey Gusakov
ML
Yandex, Head of the Machine Intelligence and Research Department
Nikita Sidorov. Yandex, Lead Developer
Nikita Sidorov
Frontend
Yandex, Lead Developer
Vladimir Grinenko. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;the Ecosystem Frontend Department
Vladimir Grinenko
Frontend
Yandex, Head of the Ecosystem Frontend Department
Alyona Batitskaya. Doka, Frontend Team Lead
Alyona Batitskaya
Frontend
Doka, Frontend Team Lead
Aleksey Popkov. Toloka, Frontend Team Lead
Aleksey Popkov
Frontend
Toloka, Frontend Team Lead
Petr Ermakov. Yandex, ML&nbsp;Brand Director
Petr Ermakov
ML
Yandex, ML Brand Director
Yevgeniy Katella. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;the Mobile Development Unit
Yevgeniy Katella
Mobile
Yandex, Head of the Mobile Development Unit
Danila Shtan. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;the Development Technologies Department
Danila Shtan
Backend
Yandex, Head of the Development Technologies Department
Dmitry Trimonov. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;Smart Camera Mobile Development
Dmitry Trimonov
Mobile
Yandex, Head of Smart Camera Mobile Development
Yevgeniy Fedorov. Yandex Eats, iOS Developer
Yevgeniy Fedorov
Mobile
Yandex Eats, iOS Developer
Nikita Dubko. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;Development at&nbsp;HR&nbsp;Tech
Nikita Dubko
Frontend
Yandex, Head of Development at HR Tech
Andrey Melikhov. Yandex Cloud, Lead Developer
Andrey Melikhov
Frontend
Yandex Cloud, Lead Developer
Nadezhda Nashirbanova. Yandex Technology Verticals, Senior Product Designer
Nadezhda Nashirbanova
Frontend
Yandex Technology Verticals, Senior Product Designer
Diana Abdrakhmanova. Yandex Market, Lead Product Manager
Diana Abdrakhmanova
Frontend
Yandex Market, Lead Product Manager
Maxim Smirnov. Tinkoff, Head of&nbsp;Frontend for the International Projects Department
Maxim Smirnov
Frontend
Tinkoff, Head of Frontend for the International Projects Department
Alex Kozlov. Yandex Market, Head of&nbsp;Interface Development for Logistics
Alex Kozlov
Frontend
Yandex Market, Head of Interface Development for Logistics
Vitaly Kalchenko. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;the Yandex Browser Network and Backend Service
Vitaly Kalchenko
Backend
Yandex, Head of the Yandex Browser Network and Backend Service
Vladimir Maslov. X5 Tech, Team Lead
Vladimir Maslov
Backend
X5 Tech, Team Lead
Oleg Bunin. HighLoad++, Community Organizer
Oleg Bunin
Backend
HighLoad++, Community Organizer
Konstantin Osipov. ScyllaDB, Director of&nbsp;Development
Konstantin Osipov
Backend
ScyllaDB, Director of Development
Andrey Borodin. PostgreSQL Global Development Group, Postgres Contributor
Andrey Borodin
Backend
PostgreSQL Global Development Group, Postgres Contributor
Kirill Vlasov. Yandex, Technical Manager for CatBoost and General ML&nbsp;Tools
Kirill Vlasov
ML
Yandex, Technical Manager for CatBoost and General ML Tools
Alexey Zakharov. Kaspersky, Senior Software Development Engineer in&nbsp;Test
Alexey Zakharov
Mobile
Kaspersky, Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
Andrey Fomichev. Yandex Cloud, Founder and Head of&nbsp;YDB
Andrey Fomichev
Backend
Yandex Cloud, Founder and Head of YDB
Vladimir Perepelitsa. Tarantool, Architector and PM
Vladimir Perepelitsa
Backend
Tarantool, Architector and PM
Ilya Sidorov. Yandex Market, <nobr>Mini-Market</nobr> Development Team Lead
Ilya Sidorov
Backend
Yandex Market, Mini-Market Development Team Lead
Alexey Fedorov. JUG Ru&nbsp;Group, Producer
Alexey Fedorov
Backend
JUG Ru Group, Producer
Ivan Panchenko. Postgres Pro, Deputy CEO
Ivan Panchenko
Backend
Postgres Pro, Deputy CEO
Grigory Bogdanov. Altenar, Backend Development Team Lead
Grigory Bogdanov
Backend
Altenar, Backend Development Team Lead
Ruslan Savchenko. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;Dynamic Tables Development Service
Ruslan Savchenko
Backend
Yandex, Head of Dynamic Tables Development Service
Aleksandr Bukin. Yandex, Product Manager
Aleksandr Bukin
Backend
Yandex, Product Manager
Olga Kim. Yandex, CTO DivKit
Olga Kim
Mobile
Yandex, CTO DivKit
Aleksey Mikhailov. IceRock Development, CTO
Aleksey Mikhailov
Mobile
IceRock Development, CTO
Ilya Chikmarev. CocoaHeads, Community <nobr>Co-Organizer</nobr>
Ilya Chikmarev
Mobile
CocoaHeads, Community Co-Organizer
Alexander Blinov. HeadHunter, CTO B2C
Alexander Blinov
Mobile
HeadHunter, CTO B2C
Sergey Dukanov. Yandex, Video Translation Team Lead
Sergey Dukanov
ML
Yandex, Video Translation Team Lead
Sergey Ovcharenko. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;Computer Vision Neural Network Technologies Group
Sergey Ovcharenko
ML
Yandex, Head of Computer Vision Neural Network Technologies Group
Valentin Khrulkov. Yandex, Senior Researcher
Valentin Khrulkov
ML
Yandex, Senior Researcher
Andrey Kuznetsov. Sber, Executive Director of&nbsp;Data Research
Andrey Kuznetsov
ML
Sber, Executive Director of Data Research
Marat Bakiev. SberMarket, Director of&nbsp;Big Data Analaysis
Marat Bakiev
ML
SberMarket, Director of Big Data Analaysis
Aleksandr Parubchenko. SupportAI, ML&nbsp;Team Lead
Aleksandr Parubchenko
ML
SupportAI, ML Team Lead
Sergey Vorontsov. Yandex Go, Head of&nbsp;Data Science
Sergey Vorontsov
ML
Yandex Go, Head of Data Science
Artyom Sarkisov. Art. Lebedev Studio, Nikolay Ironov Developer
Artyom Sarkisov
ML
Art. Lebedev Studio, Nikolay Ironov Developer
Alexandra Murzina. Positive Technologies, Head of&nbsp;Prospective Technologies Department
Alexandra Murzina
Positive Technologies, Head of Prospective Technologies Department
Van Khachatryan. Ozon, Head of&nbsp;Product Advertising Department, <nobr>ex-Head</nobr> of&nbsp;Machine Learning and Matching
Van Khachatryan
ML
Ozon, Head of Product Advertising Department, ex-Head of Machine Learning and Matching
Mikhail Levin. Yandex Market, Chief Data Science Officer
Mikhail Levin
ML
Yandex Market, Chief Data Science Officer
Sergey Oreshkov. MaritimeAI, Data Scientist
Sergey Oreshkov
ML
MaritimeAI, Data Scientist
Sveta Smirnova. Persona, Principal Support Engineering Coordinator
Sveta Smirnova
Backend
Persona, Principal Support Engineering Coordinator
Andrew Stepanov. VP&nbsp;of&nbsp;AI&nbsp;at&nbsp;fintech startup in&nbsp;Southeast Asia, <nobr>ex-Tinkoff</nobr>
Andrew Stepanov
ML
VP of AI at fintech startup in Southeast Asia, ex-Tinkoff
Sasha Shinkevich. Bravado, Engineering Manager
Sasha Shinkevich
Frontend
Bravado, Engineering Manager
Nikita Sidorov. Yandex, Lead Developer
Nikita Sidorov
Frontend
Yandex, Lead Developer
Vladimir Grinenko. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;the Ecosystem Frontend Department
Vladimir Grinenko
Frontend
Yandex, Head of the Ecosystem Frontend Department
Tanya Denisyuk. Yandex, Community Manager
Tanya Denisyuk
Frontend
Yandex, Community Manager
Vitaliy Kharisov. Yandex, Frontend Developer
Vitaliy Kharisov
Frontend
Yandex, Frontend Developer
Aleksey Popkov. Toloka, Frontend Team Lead
Aleksey Popkov
Frontend
Toloka, Frontend Team Lead
Petr Ermakov. Yandex, ML&nbsp;Brand Director
Petr Ermakov
ML
Yandex, ML Brand Director
Yevgeniy Katella. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;the Mobile Development Unit
Yevgeniy Katella
Mobile
Yandex, Head of the Mobile Development Unit
Gennadiy Yevstratov. Yandex Go, Head of&nbsp;Yandex Pro Mobile Development
Gennadiy Yevstratov
Mobile
Yandex Go, Head of Yandex Pro Mobile Development
Ilya Tsarev. Yandex Go, Head of&nbsp;Mobile Development
Ilya Tsarev
Mobile
Yandex Go, Head of Mobile Development
Sergey Berezhnoy. Yandex, Developer Relations Director
Sergey Berezhnoy
Frontend
Yandex, Developer Relations Director
Kostya Lakhman. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;the Computer Vision and ML&nbsp;Applications Department
Kostya Lakhman
ML
Yandex, Head of the Computer Vision and ML Applications Department
Andrey Danilov. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;the Mobile Infrastructure Development Team of&nbsp;the Advertising SDK
Andrey Danilov
Mobile
Yandex, Head of the Mobile Infrastructure Development Team of the Advertising SDK
Artur Vasilov. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;Platform and Native Super-App Development for Android
Artur Vasilov
Mobile
Yandex, Head of Platform and Native Super-App Development for Android
Ilya Bogin. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;Yandex Application and Yandex Browser Mobile Development Department
Ilya Bogin
Mobile
Yandex, Head of Yandex Application and Yandex Browser Mobile Development Department
Aleksandr Bonel. Yandex Go, Head of&nbsp;the Android Development Unit
Aleksandr Bonel
Mobile
Yandex Go, Head of the Android Development Unit
Aleksandr Popsuyenko. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;the Mini-Market Mobile Development Unit
Aleksandr Popsuyenko
Mobile
Yandex, Head of the Mini-Market Mobile Development Unit
Ilya Irkhin. Yandex Eats, Head of&nbsp;the Algorithmic Platform Service
Ilya Irkhin
ML
Yandex Eats, Head of the Algorithmic Platform Service
Alexander Krainov. Yandex, Head of&nbsp;the Machine Intelligence Laboratory
Alexander Krainov
ML
Yandex, Head of the Machine Intelligence Laboratory
Andrey Gein. Yandex Cloud, Senior Developer
Andrey Gein
Backend
Yandex Cloud, Senior Developer
Mikhail Elovskikh. Yandex Cloud, Senior Developer
Mikhail Elovskikh
Backend
Yandex Cloud, Senior Developer
Anya Ilyakhina. Yandex, DevRel
Anya Ilyakhina
Backend
Yandex, DevRel
Kirill Vlasov. Yandex, Technical Manager for CatBoost and General ML&nbsp;Tools
Kirill Vlasov
ML
Yandex, Technical Manager for CatBoost and General ML Tools
Aleksandr Bukin. Yandex, Product Manager
Aleksandr Bukin
Backend
Yandex, Product Manager
Mikhail Levin. Yandex Market, Chief Data Science Officer
Mikhail Levin
ML
Yandex Market, Chief Data Science Officer